Nizar Becheikh, PhD, MBA

Nizar Becheikh, PhD, MBA Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research Assistant Professor of Strategy & Innovation Management The American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74 New Cairo 11835, Egypt Phone-office: + (202) 2651 3273 Fax: + (202) 2795 7565 E-mail: nbecheikh@aucegypt.edu Web Site: www.aucegypt.edu Teaching Interests - Strategic Management - Management of Innovation - Entrepreneurship - Fundamentals of Management Research Interests - (Open) Innovation in manufacturing and service sectors - (Open) Innovation paths and practices in LDCs - Entrepreneurship in developing countries - Strategic management in SMEs - Managing growth and innovation in SMEs Education 2004 Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management) Laval University, Quebec, Canada 1997 M.B.A. (International Management) Laval University, Quebec, Canada 1995 Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) (International Business) École Supérieure de Commerce, Tunis, Tunisia Employment 09/2011 Present Assistant Professor of Strategy & Innovation Management, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 09/2008-08/2011 Assistant Professor of Management, Nile University, Egypt 2004-2008 Research Fellow, CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Knowledge Transfer and Innovation, Department of Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 1/12

Other Responsibilities 07/2013 Present Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 12/2013 Present Member of the organizing committee of the AUC-OECD 2015 Conference 09/2014 Present Member of the University Research Board, AUC, Egypt 08/2014 Present Member of the Coordination Committee between AUC and Zewail University, AUC, Egypt 01/2014 06/2014 Member of the AUC "Discovery, Development, and Dissemination Research Taskforce", AUC, Egypt 12/2013 06/2014 Co-Chair of the Dean s Strategic Advisory Board taskforce on Research, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 04/2013 06/2014 Chair of the Blended Learning Committee, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 11/2013 05/2014 Member of the AUC "Strategic Research Priority Areas Taskforce", AUC, Egypt 04/2014 05/2014 Jury for the AUC "Excellence in Research and Creative Endeavors" Award, AUC, Egypt 09/2013 04/2014 Chair of the CSB Research and Grant Committee, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 03/2012 04/2014 Founder and Academic Adviser of JEY-Consulting, AUC, Egypt 09/2012 11/2013 Member of the EQUIS accreditation committee, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 09/2012 06/2013 Associate Chair, Department of Management, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 11/2011 06/2013 Member of the Research Committee, Department of Management, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 10/2011 06/2013 Member of the Advisory Committee to the Director of the MBA programs, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 10/2011 06/2013 Contributor to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program (EIP), School of Business, AUC, Egypt 09/2011 06/2013 Member of the Entrepreneurship and Leadership Unit (ELU), Department of Management, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 12/2012 01/2013 Acting Chair, Department of Management, School of Business, AUC, Egypt 09/2009 08/2011 Program Director, Executive MBA, Nile University, Egypt Teaching Postgraduate & Executive Education EMBA5614 Innovation and Creating the Best Practices of Tomorrow, EMBA, AUC, Egypt MGMT 5401 Strategic Management. MBA, AUC, Egypt. MGMT 511 Strategic Management of Innovation. MBA, AUC, Egypt. 2/12

BSAD 603 Corporate Strategy & International Competitiveness. EMBA, Nile University, Egypt. BSAD 606 Competitive Strategy. EMBA, Nile University, Egypt. MGMT 609 Entrepreneurship. EMBA, Nile University, Egypt. MOT 615 Entrepreneurship. M.Sc. in Management of Technology, Nile University, Egypt. MSD 689 Directed Studies in MSD (topic: Feasibility Study & Business Planning). MS in Microelectronics Systems Design, School of CIT, Nile University, Egypt (with Rafik Guindi, Nile University, Egypt). MGMT 601 Organizational Behavior. EMBA, Nile University, Egypt (with Alberto Ribera from IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain). MNG 61799 International Management. MBA (online course), FSA, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (in French). MNG 64822 Strategic Auditing. MBA, FSA, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (in French). Guest Lecturer (2000-2008). Offered 19 three-hour sessions in MBA and Ph.D. courses at Laval University, Quebec, Canada as part of the following courses: Strategic Management, Quantitative Research Methods, and International Business (in French). Undergraduate MGMT 480 Business Planning & Strategy. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), AUC, Egypt. MGMT 413 Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), AUC, Egypt. MGMT 307 Management Fundamentals. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), AUC, Egypt. MGMT 201 Fundamentals of Management. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Nile University, Egypt. ADM 21915 Strategic Management. Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), FSA, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (in French). Executive Education (Short programs) One day module on Creative Manager Innovation, as part of the Successful Leadership in challenging Times program, International Executive Education Institute (IEEI), The School of Business, AUC, module offered to 9 top and middle managers from FRANKE, May 13 th, 2013. Publications & Research (h-index: 8 i10-index: 7 Total number of citations: 580) Articles in Refereed Journals Becheikh N. (2013). The Impact of Knowledge Acquisition and Absorptive Capacity on Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Egyptian SMEs, Journal of African Business, 14(3), 1-14. (3 citations as of September 2014) Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2012). Evidence on Innovation Failures in Manufacturing Industries, International Journal of Business Strategy, 12(2), 16-35 (1 citation as of September 2014) 3/12

Becheikh N., Ziam S., Idrissi O., Castonguay Y., Landry R. (2010). How to Improve Knowledge Transfer Strategies and Practices in Education? Answers from a Systematic Literature Review, Research in Higher Education Journal, Vol.7, May 2010 (10 citations as of September 2014) Becheikh N., Halilem N., Jbilou J., Landry R. (2009). Towards a Conceptualization of Innovation in the Public Sector, Economies et Sociétés (Economies and Societies, Paris), April 2009, No 4, 579-614 (4 citations as of September 2014) in French Amara N., Landry R., Becheikh N., Ouimet M. (2008). Learning and Novelty of Innovation in Established Manufacturing SMEs, Technovation, 28(7), 450-463 (96 citations as of September 2014) Becheikh N., Amewokunu Y, Su Z. (2008). An Integrated Approach to the Control of Virtual Organizations, Algerian Journal of Management, No 3, January June 2008, 10-34 (in French) Becheikh N., Landry R., Amara N. (2006). Strategic Determinants of Technological Innovation in Manufacturing SMEs, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 23(4), 275-300 (19 citations as of September 2014) in French Becheikh N., Landry R., Amara N. (2006). Lessons from Innovation Empirical Studies in the Manufacturing Sector: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 1993-2003, Technovation, 26(5/6), 644-664 (373 citations as of September 2014) Becheikh N., Su Z. (2005). The Virtual Organization: a Future in the Making, Revue Française de Gestion, 31(154), January February 2005, 93-110 (8 citations as of September 2014) in French Refereed Conferences & Proceedings Tantawy Y.R., Becheikh N. (2013). Promoting Open Innovation in LDCs: Evidence from Egyptian SMEs, Proceedings of the 22 nd International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2013 on Science, Technology and Innovation in the Emerging Market Economies, April 14-18, Porto Alegre, Brazil Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2012). Evidence on Innovation Failures in Manufacturing Industries, IABE-2012 Venice-Summer Conference, June 8-10, Venice, Italy Abousenna N. & Becheikh N. (2012). How do Egyptian Service SMEs Innovate? 2012 AUC Research Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt, April 17-19, Cairo, Egypt Tantawy Y.R., Becheikh N. (2012). How to Promote Open Innovation in Egypt? Answers from the Egyptian National Innovation Survey, 2012 AUC Research Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Shaping the Future of Egypt, April 17-19, Cairo, Egypt Abousenna N., Becheikh N. (2012). Determinants of Technological Innovations in Egyptian Service SMEs, Proceedings of the 21 st International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2012 on Managing Technology-Service Convergences in the Post-Industrialized Society, March 18-22, Hsinchu, Taiwan Becheikh N. (2011). Technological Innovations in Developing Countries: Evidence from Egyptian Manufacturing SMEs, Proceedings of the 20 th International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2011 on Technology and the Global Challenges: Security, Energy, Water, and the Environment, April 10-14, Miami Beach, Florida, USA Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2009). Evidence on Innovation Failures in Manufacturing Firms, 4th European Conference on Management of Technology EuroMOT 2009 on Closing the Innovation Gap: Theory and Practice, 6-8 September, Glasgow, Scotland Becheikh N., Ziam S., Idrissi O., Cactonguay Y., Landry R. (2009). How to Improve Knowledge Transfer Strategies and Practices in Education? Answers From a Systematic Literature Review, 7th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 4-7, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii 4/12

Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2009). Evidence on Innovation Failures in Manufacturing Firms, 10th International CINet Conference on Enhancing the Innovation Environment, September 4-8, Brisbane, Australia Ouimet M., Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2008). Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Performance of Low and Medium Technology Manufacturing SMEs in a Region of Canada: a Crosssectional Study, 9 th International CINet (Continuous Innovation Network) conference on Radical Challenges on Innovation Management, September 5-9, Valencia, Spain Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2008). Exploring Innovation Failures in Manufacturing Industries, DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) 25 th Celebration Conference 2008 on Entrepreneurship and Innovation, June 17-20, Copenhagen, Denmark (6 citations as of September 2014) Becheikh N., Amewokunu Y., Abidi O., Su Z. (2008). Towards an Effective Control of Virtual Networks, XVII e International Conference of Strategic Management AIMS 2008, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, May 29-31, Nice, France Landry R., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2008). What Factors Lead to Innovation Failure? Evidence from a Large Dataset, 17 th International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2008 on Creating and Managing a Knowledge Economy, April 6-10, Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC), Dubai, UAE Becheikh N., Halilem N., Jbilou J., Mosconi E., Hammami H., Landry R. (2007). Conceptualization and Determinants of Innovation in the Public Sector: a Systematic Review, 14 th RESER International Conference on Service Competitiveness and Cohesion - Balancing Dynamics in the Knowledge Society, September 13-15, Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland Landry R., Saihi M., Amara N., Becheikh N. (2006). Managing the Protection of Inventions and Technological Innovations in Canadian Manufacturing SMEs, DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) summer conference on Knowledge, Innovation and Competitiveness: Dynamics of Firms, Networks, Regions and Institutions, June 18-20, Copenhagen, Denmark Becheikh N., Landry R., Amara N. (2005). Technological Innovations in the Manufacturing Sector: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies, Annual meeting of the Academy of Management: A New Vision of Management In The 21st Century, Session: Technology and Innovation Management, August 5-10, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Amara N., Landry R., Becheikh N., Ouimet M. (2004). Radical Innovations in Traditional Manufacturing Industries, DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) summer conference on Industrial Dynamics, Innovation and Development, June 14-16, Copenhagen, Denmark (17 citations as of September 2014) Becheikh N., Su Z. (2004). Conceptualization of a Control System for Virtual Networks, ASAC conference (Administrative Sciences Association of Canada), June 5-8, Quebec, Canada (in French) Becheikh N., Su Z. (2001). The Control of International Joint-ventures: State of the Art and Perspectives, X th AIMS conference (International Association of Strategic Management), June 2001, Quebec, Canada (in French) (3 citations as of September 2014) Becheikh N., Torres Gomez L. F. (2000). Technology and Change within Hierarchic Organizations, ASAC-IFSAM Congress, July 2000, Montreal (Qc.), Canada Becheikh N., Su Z. (2000). Towards a Better Understanding of Virtual Organizations, IX th AIMS conference (International Association of Strategic Management), June 2000, Montpellier, France Becheikh N., Su Z. (2000). Virtual Organization: Attributes and Challenges, IX th IAMOT International conference (International Association for Management of Technology), February 2000, Miami, Florida, USA (1 citation as of September 2014) 5/12

Book Chapter Becheikh N., Su Z. (2001). Virtual Organization: Attributes and Challenges, in Khalil, T. M., Lefebvre, L. A. et Mason, R. M. (Eds.), Management of Technology: The Key to Prosperity in the Third Millennium, Pergamon, Elsevier Science Ltd., p. 31-43 (ISBN-0-08-043997-7) Research Reports and R&D Projects Contributed to: El-Sokari H., Van Horne C., Huang Z., and Al Awad M. (2013). Entrepreneurship: An Emirati Perspective, the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Zayed University, UAE. Report available at: www.gemconsortium.org (131 p) Landry R., Becheikh N., Amara N., Halilem N., Jbilou J., Mosconi E., Hammami H. (2007). Innovations in Public Services: The Systematic Review s Report. research project funded by the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture (FQRSC) in partnership with the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export (MDEIE), the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS), the Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sport (MELS), and the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity (MESS), Quebec, Canada, October 2007 Report available at: www.fqrsc.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/pdf/rf-rlandry.pdf (114 p, in French) 7 citations as of September 2014 Landry R., Becheikh N., Amara N., Jbilou J., Halilem N., Mosconi E., Hammami H. (2007). Innovations in Public Services: A Dashboard for the Follow-up of Innovation and its Determinants, research project funded by the Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et la Culture (FQRSC) in partnership with the MDEIE, the MSSS, the MELS, and the MESS, Quebec, Canada, October 2007. Available at: www.fqrsc.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/pdf/tb-rlandry.pdf (44 p, in French) Landry R., Becheikh N., Amara N., Ziam S., Idrissi O., Castonguay Y. (2007). Development of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in the Education Field: The Systematic Review s Report. Research project funded by the MELS, Quebec, Canada, October 2007 (68 p, in French) Landry R., Becheikh N., Amara N., Ziam S., Idrissi O., Castonguay Y. (2007). A Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in the Education Field, Research project funded by the MELS, Quebec, Canada, October 2007 (30 p, in French) Landry R., Becheikh N., Amara N., Ziam S., Idrissi O., Castonguay Y. (2007). Knowledge Transfer in Education: A Best-practices Guide for Managers, Research project funded by the MELS, Quebec, Canada, October 2007 (2 p brochure, in French) Contributed to: Landry R., Amara N. (2006). Technological and innovation assessment of the Côte- Nord region (Quebec, Canada). Reports available at: www.crecotenord.qc.ca/documentation Contributed to: Landry R., Amara N., Desaulniers L. (2005). Technological and innovation assessment of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region (Quebec, Canada). Other Research Becheikh N. (2004). Conceptualization of a Control System for Virtual Networks, Ph.D. Thesis, School of Business, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (333 p) 2 citations as of September 2014 Becheikh N., Su Z. (1999). Towards a Better Understanding of Virtual Organizations, Working Paper 1999-017, School of Business, Laval University, (ISBN-2-89524-089-2) Becheikh N. (1997). Organizational Learning from International Subcontracting: the Case of Tunisian Textile Firms, MBA thesis, School of Business, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (197 p) Becheikh N. (1995). The 1990 Incoterms: Usefulness and Level of Use by Tunisian International Agents, BBA thesis, École supérieure de commerce, Tunis, Tunisia (91 p) 6/12

Research Grants and R&D Contracts 2014-2015 2013-2014 Funding Organization: Regional Academic Network on IT Policies (RANITP) Project Title: Using the Cloud Computing Technology to Promote Case Studies Usage and Writing in higher education in MENA Project Team: Maha Mourad (AUC, PI), Nizar Becheikh (AUC), Ahmed Tolba (AUC) Amount: $12.500 Funding Organization: Microsoft Project Title: Regional Academic Network on IT Policies (RANITP) Project Team: Nizar Becheikh (AUC), Ashraf Abdelwahab (Microsoft), Amr Badr El Din (AUC) Amount: $65.000 (2013), amount to be determined for 2014. 2013 AUC Conference Grant ($3,500) 2012 AUC Conference Grant ($3,500) 2008-2009 Funding Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Program: Public Outreach Grants Special Call in Management, Business and Finance Project: Development and Transfer of Intervention Tools to Support Innovation at the Regional Level Research team: Réjean Landry (PI, U. Laval), Nabil Amara (U. Laval), and Nizar Becheikh (U. Laval) Amount: $79.793 2008 Funding Organization: Ministère de l éducation, du loisir et du sport (MELS), Quebec, Canada Program: Research Contract Project: Computerization of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in the Education Field Research team: Réjean Landry (PI, U. Laval), Nabil Amara (U. Laval), and Nizar Becheikh (U. Laval) Amount: $50.000 2007-2009 2006-2007 2006-2007 Funding Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Program: Standard Research Grant Project: Complementarities, Substitution and Independence of Knowledge Transfer Services Provided to Firms by Canadian Knowledge and Technology Transfer Organizations (KTTOs) Research team: Réjean Landry (PI, U. Laval), Nabil Amara (U. Laval), Nizar Becheikh (U. Laval), and Mathieu Ouimet (U. Laval) Amount: $93.797 Funding Organization: Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), Quebec, Canada Program: Action concertée Project: Proposal of a Conceptual Framework and a Dashboard for the Follow-up of Social Innovations in Public Organizations Research team: Réjean Landry (PI, U. Laval), Nabil Amara (U. Laval), Nizar Becheikh (U. Laval), and Mathieu Ouimet (McMaster University) Amount: $80.000 Funding Organization: Ministère de l éducation, du loisir et du sport (MELS), Quebec, Canada Program: Research Contract Project: Development of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in the Education Field Research team: Réjean Landry (PI, U. Laval), Nabil Amara (U. Laval), and Nizar Becheikh (U. Laval) Amount: $50.000 7/12

Thesis Supervision 2012 Noha Mahmoud Abousenna, M.Sc. Management of Technology, Nile University, Egypt Thesis Title: How do Service SMEs Innovate? Evidence from the Egyptian National Innovation Survey. Supervisor: Nizar Becheikh Nile University, Egypt Committee members: Tarek Khalil & Mohamed Mamdouh Awny, Nile University, Egypt Presentations & Outreach Activities 2012 Workshop on The 50 Junior Enterprises Initiative, Mediterranean Economic Week, Marseille, France, October 15-21. 2012 Presentation on How to Attract and Retain Good Faculty? EFMD 2012 Africa Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, October 11-12. 2012 Presentation on JE-Consulting: The AUC Junior Enterprise, RMEI General Assembly, Padua Venice, September 6-9. 2011 Member of the organizing committee of the NU Entrepreneurship Treasure Hunt, June 3 rd 2011 Round table discussion on: Are there Enterprising Universities? Examples?, as part of a seminar on Integrating Business Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education in Egypt, organized by the MCSBE, January 24 th, Semiramis Intercontinental, Cairo, Egypt 2010 Workshop on Feasibility Analysis, Sakyat El Sawy Academy, El Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo, Egypt, December 9 th, 2010 2010 Workshop on Entrepreneurship Education & Training, as part of the launch of the GEM-MENA regional report 2009, organized by the Canadian International Development Research Center (IDRC), 5-6 December 2010, Cairo, Egypt 2010 Ignition workshop on The Role of Universities in Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship, offered as part of the Celebration of Entrepreneurship Seminar, 8-9 November 2010, Dubai, UAE (with Tarek Khalil and Moustafa Ghanem) 2008 Training on The Utilization of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in Education offered to 10 regional managers from the Ministère de l Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS), May 5 th, Quebec, Canada 2008 Training on The Utilization of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in Education offered to 12 managers and project coordinators from the MELS, April 25 th, Quebec, Canada 2007 Workshop on Proposal of a Conceptual Framework and a Dashboard for the Follow-up of Social Innovations in Public Organizations (with Landry R., Halilem N., and Jbilou J.). Workshop offered to 25 managers from the MDEIE, the MSSS, the MELS, and the MESS, Quebec, Canada, November 30 th 2006-2007 Three (3) presentations (with Landry R., Ziam S., and Idrissi O.) as part of the research project Development of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in the Education Field, presentation and discussion of intermediary and final results with the advisory committee of the research composed of 6 top managers from the MELS, Quebec, Canada 8/12

Coaching of Entrepreneurs 2013 Workshop on Selling your Business Idea with Success, Flat6Labs Cycle 4, Cairo, Egypt, February 5. 2012 Workshop on Business Planning & Elevator Pitch, Flat6Labs Cycle 3, Cairo, Egypt, November 11. 2011 Workshop on Crafting a Winning Business Plan, Flat6Labs Cycle 0, Cairo, Egypt, December 6 2011 Loai Salem, co-founder, SilGenix, coaching in feasibility study, business model and business plan development Winner of the 3rd prize in the 2012 MIT Arab Business Plan Competition (USD 5,000). 2010 Motaz Al-Agamawi and Hazem El Gebely, founders, Interneting Behavior (IB), business plan development ranked 5 th in the 2010 MIT Arab Business Plan Competition. 2009-2010 Mostafa Elwakeel and Islam S. Badreldin, founders, BioBusiness, business plan development Winner of the 2 nd prize in the 2010 MIT Arab Business Plan Competition (USD 15,000). Development of Teaching Materials 2004 2012 Design and development of teaching materials for the following courses: Strategic Management (MBA), Competitive Strategy (EMBA), Strategic Management of Innovation (EMBA, MBA and Executive Training), International Management (MBA-online), Entrepreneurship (EMBA, MBA, MSc, UG), Business Planning & Strategy (UG), Fundamentals of Management (UG) 2003 Selection of educational materials for the website of the textbook: Desseler G., Starke F.A., & Cyr D.J., French adaptation by Grenon P., Forgue J.F., & Becheikh N., La gestion des organisations : principes et tendances au XXI e siècle, ERPI editions. Available at: www.erpi.com/dessler.cw 2002-2003 Contributed to the Canadian French Edition of the textbook: Desseler G., Starke F.A., & Cyr D.J. Management, leading People and Organizations in the 21 st Century, Canadian Edition, Prentice Hall, ERPI Editions, 2003 (ISBN: 2-7613-1413-1). 10 citations as of September 2014. Other Academic Activities 2013 Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference of HEI (Institut québécois des hautes études internationales), State Capitalism in the New Global Political Economy, FSA, Laval University, Quebec, Canada, November 21-24 2013 Mentored a group of 4 AUC students in the 2013 Marshall International Case Competition, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, February 12-16. 12/2012 02/2013 08/2012 01/2013 05/2011 08/2011 Midterm review of the School of Business 2010-2015 Strategic Plan (review of the school s strategic goals and objectives and KPIs development), School of Business, AUC, Cairo, Egypt (with Ghada Howaidy and Maha Farouk) Chair of the International Business, Management, and Strategy Track, AIB MENA 2013 Conference, School of Business, AUC, Cairo, Egypt, January 12-14 Member of the curriculum development committee, MS in Innovation and Change Management, Nile University, Cairo, Egypt 9/12

2008-2009 Member of the curriculum development committee, BBA, Nile University, Egypt 2006-2007 Coordinator of the research project: Proposal of a Conceptual Framework and a Dashboard for the Follow-up of Social Innovations within Public Organizations. Research team composed of 2 professors, 1 postdoctoral fellow, and 4 Ph.D. candidates 2006-2007 Coordinator of the research project: Development of a Knowledge Transfer Tool for Managers in the Education Field. Research team composed of 2 professors, 1 postdoctoral fellow, and 3 Ph.D. candidates 2006 Contributed to the project: Maximizing Dissemination: Two Knowledge Translation Planning Tools for Stroke Research Teams. Project funded by the Canadian Stroke Network and realized by a research team from Laval university and Dalhousie university. HTML version of the tools available at : http://kuuc.chair.ulaval.ca/ctci PDF version available at: www.ahprc.dal.ca/ktdocumentfinal.pd 10-2000 / 06-2001 Member of the organizing committee of the 10 th Conference of the AIMS (International Association of Strategic Management), Laval University, Quebec, Canada Self-Development Activities 2013 AASCB Associate Deans Conference: Optimizing Programs, Processes, and Stakeholder Relations, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 11-13 2013 AASCB Seminar for New Associate Deans, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, November 10-11 2013 Winning through Creativity & Innovation, two-day workshop offered by Tony Buzan (inventor of Mind Mapping), Cyriel Kortleven, and Ramon Vullings, Cairo, Egypt, April 1-2 2012 Attended the 13 th edition of IMTA (International Management Teachers Academy), a 2- week intensive training program for international faculty (Strategic Management Track), IEDC-Bled School of Management, Bled, Slovenia, June 10-22 2012 Integrating Research and Teaching of MOT, workshop offered by Prof. Joseph Tidd, Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), University of Sussex, UK and Managing Editor of International Journal of Innovation Management, workshop offered as part of the 21th International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2012 on Managing Technology-Service Convergences in the Post-Industrialized Society, March 18-22, Hsinchu, Taiwan 2012 How to Publish Papers in MOT Journals, workshop offered by Prof. Jonathan Linton, Editorin-Chief of Technovation as part of the 21th International Conference on Management of Technology, IAMOT 2012 on Managing Technology-Service Convergences in the Post- Industrialized Society, March 18-22, Hsinchu, Taiwan 2011 Attended the IFP (International Faculty Program), a 3-week intensive training program for international faculty offered by IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain, May 30 th June 18 th 2009 Essentials of Entrepreneurship: Why and How to Develop Entrepreneurship Teaching and Research Skills in the MENA Region, a three-day workshop offered by G.D. Meyer and F. Moyes (University of Colorado, USA), November 16-18, 2009, Industrial Modernization Center (IMC), Cairo, Egypt 10/12

11-2007 Social Network Analysis, seminar offered by Mathieu Ouimet, Department of political science, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 08-2006 Best Practices for the First Class, half-a-day seminar offered by Sawsen Lakhal, adviser on education assessment, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 01-2006 / 04-2006 STT-66129 Structural Equation Modelling, Master course, Department of mathematics and statistics, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 04-2006 Structural Equation Modelling (2), two-day workshop offered by Richard Michon, School of Retail Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12-2005 Structural Equation Modelling (1), two-day workshop offered by Richard Michon, School of Retail Management, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 12-2005 Teaching: a Job that Can be Learned, seminar offered by Aïcha Benimmas, adviser on teaching and education assessment, Laval University, Quebec, Canada 11-2005 Teaching: an Exciting Challenge, seminar offered by André Richelieu, Marketing professor, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Scholarship & Awards 2012-2013 Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to the School of Business, AUC, Egypt 2011 International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) award in recognition for contribution to the 20th International Conference on Management of Technology 2004-2008 Postdoctoral fellowship grant, CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Knowledge Transfer and Innovation, Laval University, Canada ($40,000/y) 2005 Postdoctoral fellowship grant 2005-2006, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Canada ($5,000) 2004 Dean s Honor Roll, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Canada 2004 Postdoctoral fellowship grant 2004-2005, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Canada ($5,000) 2001 Dean s Honor Roll, Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Canada 2001 Excellence in Research grant of the CENTOR, Laval University, Canada ($3,000) 2000-2001 Doctoral Research grant of the FCAR (Fonds pour la formation de chercheurs et l aide à la recherche), Canada ($20,000/y) 1998-2001 Doctoral grant from the Tunisian government (equivalent to $15,000/y) 1999 Doctoral grant of the CENTOR, Laval University, Canada ($1,500) 1995-1997 Graduate studies grant from the Tunisian government and the CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency), (equivalent to $15,000/y) 1995 Highest undergraduate GPA, class 1995, École Supérieure de Commerce, Tunis, Tunisia 11/12

Reviewing & Membership 2012 Reviewer for the AIB MENA 2013 Conference Reviewer for the Fourth Euro-African Conference in Finance and Economics (CEAFE 2012) 2011 Reviewer for the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) 2011 2009 - Member of the MCSBE (Middle East Council for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship) 2008 Reviewer for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Reviewer for Management international 2007 Reviewer for the Academic Research Programme of the Department of National Defence, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, Canada 2007 Reviewer for the International Journal of Business and Systems Research (IJBSR) 2001-2006 Reviewer for ASAC (Administrative Sciences Association of Canada), sessions: Organizational Behaviour and Entrepreneurship and family businesses 2003-2010 Member of RQSI (Réseau du Québec pour l étude et la promotion des systèmes d innovation), Laval University, Quebec, Canada, www.rqsi.ulaval.ca 1999-2003 Member of CENTOR (Research Center on Technology and Organizational Networks), Laval University, Quebec, Canada, www.centor.ulaval.ca 1993-1995 Co-founder and Project Coordinator of CEJ (Club des Exportateurs Juniors), École Supérieure de Commerce de Tunis, Tunisia Computer Skills MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS FrontPage, EndNote, SPSS, EQS, Mplus, LISREL Language Skills English, French, Arabic As of September 2014 12/12